I'd Rather Not by Robert Skinner

I'd Rather Not by Robert SkinnerFrom one of Australia's most wryly funny writers comes an original and utterly hilarious memoir of reaching for the stars while lying in a ditch. I was sleeping in what might reasonably be described as a ditch, though I tried not to think of it in those terms for morale reasons . . . Robert Skinner arrives in the city, searching for a richer life. Things begin badly and then, surprisingly, get slightly worse. Pretty soon he's sleeping rough and trying

Sutton is a leading Australian anthropologist who has lived and worked closely with Aboriginal communities

in a construction camp in the remote Tasmanian highlands

' -Michelle de KretserÂ

Her first memoir

and illustrations that will help you explain these concepts to your child

Return of a King is the definitive analysis of the First Afghan War

' - Peter Goldsworthy

Bani feels at odds with the other students

everything would be alright when he came first

There they found a land of bounty and a penal society

she begins questioning her belief in a system she has previously revered

he talks to a range of people including liberal economists